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Do you have a project going or will you be starting a project here very soon and just want to keep a log of everything you and when? Share with everyone every step of the way what sort of progress you are making on your project.

Anyone know of a good cnc machinist that will do one of one jobs or low production jobs. My cnc guy has gotten busy with the Conoco Phillips refinery expanding and hes forgotten me. I need to get an adaptor plate to adapt my trans and bell housing, and a custom front pump made.

Its been a while since I updated. Last August I had gotten a new job working for Aljets Automotive and I moved, I also had some family issues and so the neon was put on the back burner for a while, I still have yet to get a bell housing adapter made so i stopped with the idea of putting in the V-6.

I will cut out the hood latch and most of the bumper support. I can fit a 24x17x3 radiator in there. My 1990 360 Ram has a 26x19x2 radiator in it and stays very cool. The question is where and what a/c condensor to use since i want to make the a/c functional.

dude, sick build sick build. i bought another neon that was a 2dr coupe 5 speed 2.0 sohc that dropped the diff pin out. i needed the motor for my 97 (its a 96) but i wanted to do a V8 in it was my first idea. here is my question for you. is a 318 smaller that a 360 in physical size? i also thought about doing a chevy 350 or a 305 depending on if i get one at a way better deal or not. then i was goign to do a ford 8.8" rearend with a 4 link suspension. thought maybe it would be easiest to just cut the from the back of control arms off to have a engine cradle and then build a frame from there back out of 2x3 1/4" wall box tubing.

the 318 and 360 are no different externally except the mains on a 360 are larger and they go into the oil pan, a quarter inch spacing difference on the mounting ears for the motor mount on i think the drivers side, so dont worry about it.
A chevy engine is always cheapest but if you do a chevy put it in a chevy. a 350 in a 2gen sunfire would be awesome.
Then for a rear end a ford 8.8 would have to be narrowed and have c-clip eliminators, so why bother get a stronger mopar 8 3/4 with a 742 or 489 case and narrow that with a four link. as long as you stay away from a cone type limited slip you wont be rebuilding it at all. I like my Conquest/starion subframe its heavy to offset some on my weight distribution, its independent for a good ride and its strong, this one lived for a number of years in my brothers 500+ hp conquest before he upgraded to a tubbed and narrowed 8 3/4

i cut just the center out of the factory neon k frame to keep the control arms in the stock location and plan to reinforce that area with tube when i make my engine cradle. the center of the car will be reinforced by an 8 point roll cage by tieing front and rear frame rails together.

the short tube headers arrived today, look for them in upcoming pictures!

Oh and by the way, thought i might add that the v8 is not as heavy on the front of the car as one might think, the factory had a battery, engine, and trans and several little things all over the place, all that weight in front of the tires center line. my V8 has only about half of the engine in front of the tires center line and none of the transmission in front of the front tires. all that weight is being biased or shared with the rear without touching the firewall. I'm not posting any of my weight measurements but with aluminum intake and heads, depending on how heavy the new engine cradle is someone could very easily build a v8 neon that is lighter than factory on the front tires. i know my car will be heavier than stock but my weight distribution might not be that far off from stock, and i will have the extra torque to move the weight. Another thing i think i outta put out there is all i have to ask of my cubic inches is to deliver 1 hp to make 360hp, with a 2.4 you have to ask them to make around 2.7 hp per cubic inch to equal 360.

see i love the body style of the 1 gen neons. and like i said i have that 2dr coupe and am looking for something to do with it in the future. and to be honest i like some mopar stuff but im a chevy guy all the way. there cheap, easy, and reliable when it comes to there engines. which is why i considered a 350 or a 305. i dont mind staying mopar but im not going to use only mopar products if someone else has something better ya know. like how everyone uses a ford 9" rearend on every brand because it works. as for the rearend that is just what someone suggested to me. i havent looked into it at all to be honest. but i know alot of people who can help me in diffrent areas so the shortening of the rearend is not a big concern to me really. i to would like to do a roll cage inside probly also a 8 point. but i was thinking of basicly building a frame that ran at the pinch welds and probly even welded to them like the sub frame connectors on a 87 camaro would be. i was thinking maybe like a s10 frame up front with the bolt in v8 motor mounts and headers. and i completely understand what your saying about the stock suspension holding it up. its all about weight distribution all day long. but i mean everyone has there own ideas on how to do things and thats ok. thats how people build bad ass rides. but ill deffinately be following and asking questions im sure. so make sure you take plenty of pictures of everything. and i mean everything lol